Marine clock, Walsh Jones & Co, Melbourne, 1855
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1855
Marine clock, Walsh, Jones & Co, Melbourne, circa 1855. Walsh Jones & Co was a short-lived partnership in Melbourne in 1854-1855, between Henry S. Walsh (1806-1877), a Melbourne clock and watch maker and retailer, and Edwin Jones of Melbourne. The clock face gives the firm's address as London, but this was a common practice for Melbourne firms that were importing and retailing English made clocks.
The back of the clock face is marked, 'I[?] Jones, Nelson Place', presumably Williamstown, the port for Melbourne. This clock was used on the HMVS Nelson, which served as a training ship in the Victorian Colonial Navy from 1867 to about 1895. Marine wall clock with round carved case. Brass dial has opening showing the escapement. This arrangement of mechanism was made mainly for marine clocks. Spring wound; lever escapement with fusee.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 4
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Brass
- Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 12 cm (Height), 29 cm (Outside Diameter)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Walsh Jones & Co; Henry Walsh
- Place recorded
- Australia
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- Front of face inscribed: 'Walsh, Jones & Co, London'. Back of face inscribed: 'I[?]. Jones, Nelson Place'. Repairers mark also on back face: '13/10/72'.
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Museums Victoria, Melbourne collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- mv-411208
- Museum object name
- Marine Clock - Walsh, Jones & Co, Melbourne, circa 1855
- Holding institution
- Museums Victoria, Melbourne
- Museum object number
- ST 19114
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.